Effect of nitrate content on thermal decomposition of nitrocellulose

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 162, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1141-1144

  Pourmortazavi, S M ^a   Hosseini, S G ^a   Rahimi Nasrabadi, M ^b   Hajimirsadeghi, S S ^a   Momenian, H ^b  

^a MALEK ASHTAR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IMAM HOSSEIN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Activation energy; DSC; Nitrocellulose; Non isothermal; Ozawa; TG DTA; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; HEATING; HEATING RATE; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MATERIALS HANDLING; NITROCELLULOSE; PYROLYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DSC; NON-ISOTHERMAL; OZAWA; TG/DTA; THERMAL STABILITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

NITRATE; PYROXYLIN;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CALORIMETRY; CELLULOSE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; COLLODION; KINETICS; NITRATES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 57649230849     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.05.161     Document Type: Article

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